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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 4003695, member: 55&quot;]There may have been some confusion in the posts; but I think (and could be wrong) that in posts #26 and #27, Potteryplease and Bronwen were asking and answering regarding the photos posted by Komokwa in #25, which were sections of walrus tusk.&nbsp; Post #25 indeed shows sections of walrus tusk; and the brooch in post #1 is in my opinion with 100% certainty, not walrus tusk.</p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m 60% of the belief that post #1 is antler (stag) showing on the back a bit of the porosity found in lengthwise slices of antler; one commonly finds such pieces in the catalogs of knife-making suppliers, sold as stag slabs for knife handles, but I&#039;m sure often used for jewelry.&nbsp; If not antler, it is bone. IMHO (40%). But as noted, there is never any porosity in walrus ivory.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; As to origin, I&#039;d be guessing, but it does not look at all like Eskimo, Aleut, Inuit, or Northwest Coast Native work, and I&#039;d be thinking Africa or India as possible sources.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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